Making music of multiple flavors. Not using my education in journalism. Working my ass off at my job and loving the company I work for. Learning to surf. Seeing what the bay has to to offer. Trying to be a better musician/person/life form.

I’m really good at

Guitar, backrubs, making curry, retaining useless morsels of esoteric knowledge while forgetting the name of someone I met 15 minutes ago, talking, listening. being quiet during movies, pentatonic scales.

The first things people usually notice about me

Tall, no hair, talk too much, bunch of tattoos, that I don't look my age? No idea. Probably depends on the situation.

Music: There are only 2 types of music: good and bad. Every other distinction is a fashion statement. If pressed..hmm.. Jeff Buckley, Steve Vai, Ryan Adams, Porcupine Tree, Mastodon, Damien Rice, Ani Difranco, Hendrix, Cream, Beatles, Social Distortion, Misfits, Slayer, Raul Midon, John Mayer (shush, he's a good guitar player), Charlie Hunter, Flecktones, Phish, Zappa, Devin Townsend, I have a metric ton of stuff in my itunes playlist, so I'll just stop now.

Movies: Bad horror, good horror, particularly bad 70's and 80's horror. In Bruges, 7 pounds, pretty much everything Guy Ritchie ever did, obscure indie films. I have a goal to get through the entire criterion collection before I die. That's taking some time.

Six things I could never do without

Black stratOrange AmpMr. Bartholomew J. Fuzzypants. I love that furry little pain in my ass.MusicPassion (and not just in the "lets get naughty" way)honesty

I spend a lot of time thinking about

The next step, the nature of conciousness, whether I should cook or just walk around the corner to get cheap Chinese food. Whether my music is good, or I just think it is.

On a typical Friday night I am

Playing a show, at home reading, working on music, or watching some of those bad movies. There's really no "typical" night.

You should message me if

Anything here sounds vaguely interesting. You play music. You can say something to me that makes me think.